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APRIL 13, 2016

Power Track Sliding Doors Systems of Kansas, which repairs, replaces, and retrofits sliding doors for farm buildings, is preparing to set up shop in Marion.

Marion City Council agreed Monday to sell the former Arlie’s building at 828 N. Roosevelt St. to the company, which expects to employ about 10 during its first year in business. Business owners John and Amy Minor offered $269,238 for the building under a lease / purchase agreement.

The Minors also plan to operate Heartland Perma-Column, which makes precast concrete columns for pole barns and similar structures, and a yet-unnamed business offering components and accessories for metal buildings.

Workers poured foundations Thursday for handball / racquetball courts, the first of many improvements planned by Marion for East Park. A grant is paying for all but $22,000 of the $240,000 project.

Senior center patrons had their first grilled hamburgers of the season April 1. Harlow Warneke grilled the burgers, and Edith Warneke provided a jar of pickles. The center was decorated for April Fool’s Day with an assortment of placemats made by 4-H members.

Marion High School students of the month, chosen by faculty and staff for overall citizenship and classroom performance, are freshman Emmy Hess, sophomore Logan Waner, junior Nathaniel Baldwin, and senior Taylor May.

Centre High School’s parliamentary procedure team of Allison and Kate Basore, Whitney Gutsch, and Abigail and Max Svoboda took first place last week at a state Future Business Leaders of America conference in Topeka and will compete in June at a national conference in Georgia.